Twomey gets eminent world Internet post
By MARK HOLLANDS
9feb99
"I am surprised to be asked to take up the position. I see it as a
coup for the Australian Internet industry and current government
policy," he said.
[Translation: "We've got government censorship now in Australia, and
you're gonna have it soon everywhere else, whether you like it or
not!"]
The council, which has only an advisory role to ICANN, was not a
paper tiger, he said. "Its teeth come from the sovereignty of the
governments that participate on the committee. However, we do
concede authority to ICANN, which is an international private
organisation."
[Translation: "With us pushing down from the top, and the ITU
pushing up from underneath, we're gonna squeeze yer old Internet til
it busts, har-har-har."]
